Toi8

toi8 (born October 8, 1976) is a Japanese artist. He is most known for working on various anime such as .hack//The Movie, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and several video games where he has served as character designer, including Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE and I am Setsuna. He is also the illustrator of the My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer and Who Killed the Hero? light novel series.

Biography toi8, a native of Kumamoto Prefecture, was born on October 8, 1976. After spending two years in the anime industry, he left to become a freelance illustrator after being assigned to work on keyframes. His name toi8 originates from his birthday.

toi8's debut work was as illustrator for the 2002 light novel .

toi8 designed the main characters for the 2015 video game Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE. Yonghow Vong of Halcyon Realms praised his art book The Recollection City as "a splendid collection of beautiful illustrations from Toi8, at a bargain price". In July 2025, Ichijinsha released Girls Artwork, an art book featuring both toi8's illustrations from his existing works and exclusive original content.

His wife Tomomi Ozaki is a character designer. Maoyu (with Keinojou Mizutama) My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer

Who Killed the Hero? I am Setsuna (2016, character designer)

Manga

Cover illustration (including character visual design) for A Canticle for Comiket doujinshi by Kasuga, winner of the Hayakawa SF Contest

Anime

.hack//The Movie